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Who're your faves & who do you hate/dislike? | 2019 edition | Results on page 1

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#1 ·
Hi all,

off-season is here again = boring days for all tennis fans. As I said I would like to do this every year to see which player has more and more or less and less fans/haters!

If you like popularity contests, you might like our Pick Your Winner game which is run throughout the season. PYW had a very successful comeback this year and we are looking forward to the next season! You can find all info in the PYW forum. If you have any questions, PM me.


RULES

- You have to list at least 5 favourites + 5 players you hate/dislike/are indifferent to the most. If you post less players then your vote won't be counted! If you list more than 10, only first ten of each list will be counted.

- Do not insults any players, otherwise your list won't be counted!

- Nicknames, pictures of players won't be counted, I need last names (+ First names when there are more players with the same last name. If you do not mention the first name, I will take the most relevant player with such last name).

- Only players who played this year will be counted. So do not post retired players who didn't play this year. Doubles specialists (e.g. Peschke) count as well.

- To be able to vote you must have at least 100 posts when the deadline is over. Anyone who joins this forum from today and further is not able to vote.

- To change the lists, please create a new post which includes quotation of your previous list and the new list.


VOTING DEADLINE

- December 24 at 23:59 CET.

- Results will be posted till the end of 2019.


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RANKINGS

1) Top favourite category
2) Top hated/disliked category
3) Overall category (faves points - dislike points)
4) Relevancy - that means on how many lists the player was


SCORING

1st place - 10 points
2nd place - 9 points
3rd place - 8 points
4th place - 7 points
5th place - 6 points
6th place - 5 points
7th place - 4 points
8th place - 3 points
9th place - 2 points
10th place - 1 point
 
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#114 ·
Like
1) Zarina Diyas
2) Karolina Pliskova
3) Hsieh Su-Wei
4) Dayana Yastremska
5) Elina Svitolina
6) Ekaterina Makarova
7) Ana Konjuh
8) Belinda Bencic
9) Aryna Sabalenka
10) Marta Kostyuk

Dislike
1) Venus Williams
2) Kristina Mladenovic
3) Simona Halep
4) Caroline Wozniacki
5) Tatjana Maria
6) Allie Kiick
7) Paula Badosa
8) Alison Van Uytvanck
9) Andrea Petkovic
10) Nicole Gibbs
 
#116 ·
Like
1. Venus Williams
2. Serena Williams
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova
4. Julia Goerges
5. Naomi Osaka
6. Su-Wei Hsieh
7. Ashleigh Barty
8. Ons Jabeur
9. Viktoria Azarenka
10. Elina Svitolina


Dislike
1. Maria Sharapova
2. Jelena Ostapenko
3. Karolina Pliskova
4. Madison Keys
5. Cori Gauff
6. Caroline Wozniacki
7. Danielle Collins
8. Eugenie Bouchard
9. Sofia Kenin
10. Garbine Muguruza
 
#117 ·
Like:

1. Safarova
2. Halep
3. Anisimova
4. Vondrousova
5. Stephens
6. Ostapenko
7. Cirstea
8. Siniakova
9. Zvonareva
10. Muchova
11. Sharapova (In case Safarova doesn't count)

Dislike:

1. Wozniacki
2. Cornet
3. Contreras Gomez
4. Giovine
5. Kazionova

I really don't understand why it's mandatory to pick in both categories. Wozniacki remains the player I can't stand, but now I'm rather indifferent to her than inclined to say I hate or dislike her, as I barely see her anymore. I added Cornet, but for the last 3, I used random.org, I don't know any of those players.
 
#118 ·
Faves

1) Victoria Azarenka
2) Venus Williams
3) Naomi Osaka
4) Petra Kvitova
5) Petra Martic
6) Kaia Kanepi
7) Marketa Voundrusova
8) Garbine Muguruza
9) Carla Suarez Navarro
10) Amanda Anisimova


Not faves

1) Sara Errani
2) Maria Sharapova
3) Coco Vandeweghe
4) Eugenie Bouchard
5) Chan Hao-ching
6) Angelique Kerber
7) Simona Halep
8) Caroline Wozniacki
9) Zhu Lin
10) Johanna Konta
 
#119 ·
likes.
1 bianca andreescu, because she's awesome.
2 dayana yastremska, because she's going to be awesome, hopefully.
3 aryna sabalenka, how can you not like her, great interviews as well.
4 sonya kenin, magnificent fighting spirit, never gives up.
5 karolina pliskova, not everyone's cup of tea, but i like her.
6 amanda anisimova, future star, love her style.
7 elise mertens, gets everything out of her game, plus aryna's doubles partner.
8 danielle collins, i like the fact she's a little different, great fighter.
9 camila giorgi, okay, her handshakes aren't great, but the rest of her is fine as.
10 bernarda pera, yes she's a choker, but she's the hottest one and a cutie.


dislikes
1 anastasija sevastova, is there a more miserable looking player on court, i get depressed by watching her.
2 angelique kerber, mostly just her on court persona.
3 sloane stephens, mostly just because she looks like she couldn't care less, that really pisses me off.
4 madison keys, i just find watching her so bloody boring, i don't know why. ( maddie is fine, just her game)
5 coco gauff, nothing about her really, just the constant hype that i'm sick of.( probably unfair of me)

it was hard to find dislikes, only sevastova really gets up my nose, a sevastova losing day is a great tennis day for me.
apologies to all sevastova fans.
 
#120 ·
1 - Alize Cornet
2 - Angelique Kerber
3 - Karolina Pliskova
4 - Maria Sharapova
5 - Venus Williams
6 - Kiki Bertens
7 - Garbine Muguruza
8 - Beatriz Haddad Maia
9 - Monica Puig
10 - Su-Wei Hsieh


DISLIKE
1. Bianca Andreescu
2. Sara Errani
3. Coco Vandeweghe
4. Laura Siegemund
5. Shuai Zhang
6. Saisai Zheng
7. Timea Babos
8. Andrea Petkovic
9. Maria Sakkari
10. Sofia Kenin
 
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#121 ·
No real favourites any more since Jankovic
Like:
1. Kvitova (rooting for her more than anybody else at the moment)
2. Azarenka (wish she could get back to her best)
3. Bencic ( could watch her gorgeous groundstrokes all day)
4. Andreescu (the real deal)
5. Hsieh (really fun to watch)
6. Barty (playing consistently well and likeable too)
7. Sabalenka (seems to be back on track after a disappointing year)
8. Svitolina (growing on me and paid for Lopatetska's knee surgery)
9. Mladenovic (great in doubles and flashes of brilliance in singles)
10. Gauff (wonderful movement at such a young age and will only get better)

Dislikes:
1. Pauline Parmentier (disgusting victory dance after Sharapova's retirement at Wimbledon)
2. Alycia Parks
3. Sachia Vickery
4. Paula Badosa Gibert
5. Alize Cornet
6. Barbara Haas
7. Dayana Yastremska
8. Amandine Hesse
9. Caroline Wozniacki
10. Serena Williams
 
#123 ·
Like:

1. Halep
2. Barty
3. Kvitova
4. Krunic
5. Stephens
6. Seguel
7. Bouzkova
8. Riske
9. Govortsova
10. Martic

Not my faves:

1. Sharapova
2. Bouchard
3. Siegemund
4. Bertens
5. Errani
6. Kerber
7. Putintseva
8. Ostapenko
9. Giorgi
10. Bonaventure
 
#127 ·
Favourites :
1. Simona Halep
2. Bianca Andreescu
3. Petra Kvitova
4. Jelena Ostapenko
5. Serena Williams
6. Venus Williams
7. Mihaela Buzarnescu
8. Ashleigh Barty
9. Belinda Bencic
10. Sofia Kenin

I watch them less :
1. Arina Rodionova
2. Maja Chwalinska
3. Yue Yuan
4. Pemra Ozgen
5. Harmony Tan
6. Dalma Galfi
7. Akiko Omae
8. Arconada Maitane
9. Bibiane Schoofs
10. Maddison Inglis
 
#130 ·
:yeah:
1) Andreescu — a debutante teen skipping the 'princess' formalities and going straight to 'queen'
2) Osaka — my last year's № 1 and nomination in the top ten even before last year vindicated, resilient
3) Golovin — fully behind her resurrection, pure love for the sport at the highest (professional) level, not just for some stupid coins or ranking points
4) Muchova
5) Bencic
6) Ons Jabeur
7) Bertens
8) Mertens
9) Barty
10) Mladenovic


:no:
1) Van Uytvanck — besides the snitching, AVU also exposed herself this year with that no-hand just because of one or two umpire overrules. Clearly, the petty/small-time nature is in her DNA
2) Konta — the citizenship swap was ok, but then don't be a try hard and abandon your lifelong mother tongue like a hot potato and completely replace it with something plastic nicked from Knightsbridge. This screams like a lame attempt to please and placate 'little Englanders', who will never be satisfied anyway.
3) Magda Linette — 'koningin' my foot
4) Putintseva
5) Bonaventure
6) Keys
7) Sevastova
8) Polona Hercog
9) Harriet Dart
10) Errani
 
#134 ·
Like

01. Kerber
02. Sevastova
03. Pavlyuchenkova
04. Kuznetsova
05. Kvitova
06. Stosur
07. Kasatkina
08. Quaing Wang
09. Hsieh
10. Anisimova

Dislike

01.Andreescu
02.Wozniacki
03.Collins
04.Kontaveit
05.Keys
 
#137 ·
faves

Yulia Putintseva (more than the rest combined)

Dayana Yastremska
Andrea Petkovic (more for old times sake)
Johanna Konta
Aryna Sabalenka
Veronika Kudermetova
Camilla Giorgi
Mariam Bolkvadze
Bianca Andreescu
Anna Blinkova

Dislike

Parmantier (tedious journeywoman with a spiteful streak)
Wozniacki (more for old times sake)

meh
Ash Barty (nice person and game but :zzz:)
Elise Mertenzzz
Caroline Garcia (to make up the numbers, still annoys me how she fluked a Finals spot when she's shown again she's a perennial world no.30)
 
#163 ·
"Fluked" a finals spot yet came within a set of the final :scratch:
 
#139 ·
Like


1. Muchova
2. Świątek
3 Martić
4. Osaka
5. Petković
6. Linette
7. Kudermetova
8. Cornet
9. Bouzkova
10. Barty


Dislike

1. Vickery
2. Serena Williams
3. Bouchard
4. Wozniacki
5. Sharapova
6. Gorgodze
7. Stephens
8. Ostapenko
9. Siegemund
10. Bonaventure
 
#142 · (Edited)
Like

-Kerber
-Osaka
-Andreescu
-Karo Pliskova
-Su-wei Hsieh
-Bencic
-Goerges
-Gauff
-Halep
-Kvitova

Dislike

-Azarenka
-Serena Williams
-Svitolina
-Danielle Collins
-Wozniacki
-Riske
-Qiang Wang
-Alizé Cornet
-Madison Keys
-Anastasija Sevastova

I had to randomly chose some of the disliked players to reach 10
 
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